Mother of Magic

Information

Status

Hiatus

Year

2021

Author

Daoist Mystery

• 7 - A Travelling Lord
  Feb 14, 2021
• 6 - A Lesson in Language
  Feb 9, 2021
• 5 - First Contact
  Feb 7, 2021
• 4 - The Past is Far Behind Us, The Future Doesn't Exist
  Feb 4, 2021
• 3 - The Biomage
  Feb 3, 2021
• 2 - Nothing Beside Remains
  Feb 3, 2021
• 1 - The Arrival
  Feb 3, 2021

Reviews

Community Reviews(10)

• WaxisfunRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  The author pays good attention to detail but not on anything unnecessary. I've read many stories on RR where the author likes to describe a chair (or something else equally silly) for a couple paragraphs for no apparent reason. This author is to the point and transfers information very well. Keeps things flowing smoothly and the internal monloguing is not excessive either. Story is developing very nicely, I just hope the MC doesn't get too OP and the author takes their time in developing everything.
• Yukine IkiRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  The concepts behind magic in this world are a driving force that makes the story surrounding Reza Talib as cryptic as it is revealing. Furthermore it expands the depth of world building with only few descriptions. That being said at this point only first arc is finished so I can't say much more.
• luda305Royal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  Through Chapter 6, this is one of the best isekai or LitRPG stories to hit RoyalRoad in a long time. The basic premise is simple:
  A mother who has just recently given birth in her war torn country is isekaied and quickly adapts her Earth knowledge into becoming a power biomage in order to protect herself and her baby.
  If anything, I have to give kudos to the synopsis for not only being accurate, but tonally correct as well. In other fresh news:
  The protagonist is Muslim and, though I'm a little less clear on this, North African.
  The magic system is fantastically fresh.  Forget the typically, "magical backlash" and "fainting from low MP."  You screw up, you start dipping into Eldritch insanity.  And this is on top of the protagonist's background, which is already tragic. Chapter 4 is absolutely rich in the background, and will provide for all sort of internal drama and psychological issues in the future.  (And while starting Chapter 1 in media res was very well executed, the info dump of Chapter 4, while internally very well-meshed, doesn't mesh with the rest of the story).
  So many little things about the story I love.  Spent several paragraph descriptively calling such-and-such animal: gets fed up and kills it just so the system gives her the name.  In Chapter 1, the panic of the real world flows seamlessly into the panic of being isekai'd which in turns feed into the aforementioned magic insanity problem.  The visualization of the knowledge web.  Actually addressing the "can magic make mass" question.
  In other constructive criticism, the scale for attributes is a little counter intuitive.  I.e., what exactly are the normal ranges for adult humans? My current thinking is 5 is the mean, with each point being a half-standard deviation, based on a non-magical population.  But that strongly implies that the protagonist was very weak in the first chapter, and while that makes sense based on pre-story starvation, it's also a little difficult to square with the mildly athl
• CozyBlanketsRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  English isn't my first language, so sorry for the weird way I write.
  This story is just starting, but really caught my attention. The beginning is simple but seems to be laying the foundation for a great story.
  It's well written, and flows really well. The main character is interesting, and the system and magic are clear, at least for now, but with a lot of things still left to discover.
  The one thing that really stood out, at leat for me, in the last chapter was the tension you feel at some point. Very well done.
  Also really like the idea of a mother + child Isekai.
• EproRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  I've read a lot of stories, Isekai especially. I've read tons of stories of people finding unique possibilities through their knowledge and change the world as the inhabitants know it. I've read of both great and horrible villains with everything from amazing "10 millennia-long" (sasuga Ainz-sama) plans. I've read of heroes with wondrous prowess and amazing ideals, but also one-dimensional harems and them being avatars of self-indulgences. Why am I mentioning this on review then? The answer is simple. This story is at the moment (chapter 8) on such a level that I wouldn't hesitate to call this a future favourite.
  Story
  The book follows a young mothers battle to give her son the best shot he can have. A woman on her last legs following her instincts in this unknown world so that they survive, and eventually thrive. I will not indulge in spoiling this wonderful world so all I will say is that the magic system is original, as far as I know, and has its place due to its effects and history that makes sense.
  Style & Grammar
  This story of a mother's struggle flows to my inexperienced (at least in advanced English grammar) suberbly. It felt smooth and without hitches throughout the chapters and will hopefully continue with equal quality. I found no problems grammatically so those that may exist are minor enough to just not seeing.
  Character
  Now to where this story shines the brightest. Every single character introduced this far (not that we have seen a whole lot of them so far) feels so human that you could argue that the author has put real characters in there. Our protagonist's history, while suitable dramatic, feels possible in a way most power fantasies simply can't. Everyone seems to have their own stories and reasonings without us being explicitly told about it.
  All together makes this one of my new favourites. One of those that (so far) have delivered. So author, pat yourself on the back for this one. Hopefully, I get to enjoy this continuation for a long while.
• ArrakisRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  tl;dr: An intelligently written intelligent MC, unique lovecraftian magic style twist on the otherwise bog standard LitRPG interface, tension for days and no obvious grammatical errors. A top 10 start for me.
  One of the better written stories on RR, the phrasing and word choice makes the story flow great and has got to be one of my favourite writing styles I've seen so far on this site. No issues with grammar I've seen so far, almost 100 pages in.
  An interesting, unique lovecraftian magic system with the bog standard LitRPG interface. This alone would have made this story worth the read let alone the well written tension of the MC walking a tightrope between protecting her child from external threats and herself from the ever present internal threat of insanity.
  The mother is written well, intelligent but also not detached which is something that isn't typically common in stories where usually they fall into the trope of making the hyper intelligent-genius character being emotionally detached. She is believably intelligent without making the character sound edgy or narcissistic with a unique backstory compared to the more average LitRPG novels out there. Something that at this rate is only to get better as the story progresses and more information is teased out through the MC's interactions.An amazing start to (hopefully) a future front pager.
• Von'tesRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  The grammar is good,  and the way things are explained is perfectly logical, the mc is very likeable and is really difficult  that in a  isekai we get a dense past, for mc, Keep up with the brilliant ideas.
  I really liked that to keep her sanity she is "using" her love for her son, a wonderful concept.
  Also every action has a satisfactory explanation, and not some random coincidence.
• MrPooveyRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  The prose flows silky smooth with few, if any grammatical errors.
  Super engaging, some spots of over explaining the background but it only impresses me with how deep the world building and character motivations go.
  The magic system is deep and has something I've never really seen. It's the responsibility of our protagonist to improve on it, it's an incomplete system. I'm eager to see where this leads.
• denkkarRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  Unique twist on the isekai genre by having a new mother with her child sent to another world. As one might expect, there's a huge drive to protect the little one, and this yields some very interesting/extreme do or die choices.
  Backstory of the MC is well done. And quite tragic. I sense a great lack of trust in humanity as a result. Just that alone would make it a challenge to integrate with a new community on another world. Naturally, that's not even the biggest issue she'll need to deal with since the people of this world have a magic taboo, and lucky lady, she's got magic.
• RaimjiRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  I've seen a boy get transmigrated with his mom to Another World, but a mother on deaths door and to a world where magic is considered taboo no less, now this - this is interesting and unique! The System aspect seems pretty straight forward, but still keeping its alure and mystique, we'll have to see how it unfolds in the late game. The character certainly is someone very far out of the ordinary (one of my favorite aspects of these types of novels) and it's exciting to see how she develops and survives in a world where her best aspect is taboo - all while trying to create a future and a safe haven for her newborn child.
  Overall, there have been minimal to no grammar mistakes (at least that I noticed), so you can enjoy this story without having to stop and endure a brain spasm while trying to understand what the author meant. This novel is certainly something I would recommend following and seeing where it takes us on this unique and fantastic journey.
  I'm very excited to see something this original develop and mature into a multi-hundred chapter novel that is something other novel creators can look up to.
  P.S No pressure author, no pressure ;)